Mission Montreal

Welcome to the duckrabbit workshop in Montreal.

A potential client has launched a competition to select the the creative team with whom they will partner with on a large project.

The competition is simple. You have been given the Montreal market as your location and told to produce a two minutes or less photofilm. The subject and approach is completely open.

The photofilms must be ready for viewing by 16.00 hrs on Monday.

The winning team will be selected on quality of audio, pictures, creative vision, potential audience appeal and narrative structure.

In order to assist the teams the client has provided you with mentor/trainer Benjamin Chesterton who will assist you in the task.

Good luck and may the force be with you.

In order to help you complete you task and take as much learning from the course as possible, you will required to do the following things.

  • Learn how to use the digital recorder.
  • Record at least one interview.
  • Record at least three sound effects.
  • Record at least two minutes of wild track/ambience/background sounds.
  • Shoot at least five establishing shots
  • Shoot at least 15 detail shots
  • Shoot at least 3 portraits
  • Shoot at least 5 action shots
  • Edit down one chunk of audio
  • Work in a team to produce one photofilm, less than two minutes long

 

 
 

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  • This three-day training offers you a very good understanding of all the elements related to producing photofilms. It provides you with an extensive checklist you can rely on when compiling your multimedia piece. I can recommend this workshop to those who want to start exploring the domain of multimedia storytelling. Serge Van Cawenbergh
    Documentary Photographer
  • Ben is a wonderful teacher. With multimedia, he reinvents the wheels of storytelling and continues to inspire the next generation of storytellers. Ore Huiying, Photojournalism MA student
    London College of Communications